Ministry to probe alleged leaked conversation on Malacca crisis - Zahidi

Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Zahidi Zainul Abidin said his ministry will investigate a recorded conversation purported to be between former Malacca chief minister Idris Haron and Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

While expressing disappointment over the allegedly leaked conversation, the Padang Besar MP said the perpetrators of the recording intended to tarnish the politicians’ reputations.

“We need to investigate this because such incidents had happened to (former premier) Najib Abdul Razak, (opposition leader) Anwar (Ibrahim), (Umno president) Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and now the prime minister himself.

“This is humiliating. And today, the Umno supreme council feels disappointed and voices its stand that the matter should be investigated,” Zahidi (above) told reporters at Menara Dato Onn, Kuala Lumpur, today.

The recording was circulated anonymously to several media organisations on Monday.

The conversation purportedly involves two men talking about former Malacca chief minister Sulaiman Md Ali - who was toppled by Idris and three other assemblypersons - who was accused of being subservient to Malacca state assembly speaker Ab Rauf Yusoh.

Rauf is also the Malacca Umno chairperson.

One person in the recording claimed the Malacca government discriminated against non-Malays in the state.

The other person appeared to be listening attentively to the allegations but tried to persuade the complainant to reconsider his desire to withdraw support for the Malacca government.

Looking into telecommunication firms 

Zahidi said his ministry will also investigate telecommunications companies to see whether they were involved in the making of the recording.

“That means the communications ministry will see, among others, whether telecommunications companies are involved in recording these voices,” he said.

He added that he hopes such incidents will not recur in the future.

“This issue has become a trend; it is not good. The privacy of these people have been violated, the communications ministry is responsible for this.

“But if the people involved (in the conversion) themselves had made the recording, for example between the prime minister and another party, then surely the prime minister did not record it.

“Other people have recorded it to use for political campaigning ahead of the election,” he said. - Mkini

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